AT 261605DAPR06 A PSC IN 3 X VEHICLES CONDUCTING A ROUTE RECCE FOR A TASK IN AL FAAW DROVE THROUGH AN FPF CHECKPOINT. THE FPF OPENED FIRE AND PURSUED THE 3 X VEHS. THE VEHS HALTED AT A VCP ON ROUTE HEART. AN ARGUMENT BROKE OUT AT THIS CHECK POINT AND SAF WAS EXCHANGED. THE PSC LEFT THE SCENE WITHOUT ITS TWO LEC INTERPRETERS. THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE AREA BY THE FPS. BASRA RURAL SOUTH BG C/S ARE FOLLOWING UP TO NEGOTIATE THE RELEASE OF THESE PAX. THE PSC TEAM THEN ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CP. A FURTHER OPF VEH ARRIVED WITH PERSONNEL FROM THE ORIGINAL CP AND THE SITUATION DETERIORATED. THE LECS ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE THE CONVOYS RELEASE. THE LECS WERE THEN BEATEN AND SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE PSC C/S WHO THEN EXTRACTED, LEAVING ONE VEH BEHIND, 1 X LEC ZIAD KAMMENU WAS RELEASED AND DROVE HIMSELF TO BASRA AIR STATION BUT WAS THEN STOPPED BY THE IPS AT THE PVCP AND ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO AL HATHAR POLICE STATION. THE OTHER LEC WAS TAKEN TO DP2, AND HIS RELEASE WAS NEGOTIATED BY BASRA RURAL SOUTH BG. 0 INJ/DAM